PAGE Origin of the Landseer family--Parentage of Edwin Henry Landseer--Thomas Landseer 1 CHAPTER II. Early life--Landseer’s first studio--Etchings--First picture at the Royal Academy--Haydon’s studio 16 CHAPTER III. A fully-developed painter--Early paintings--British Institution--The Cat’s Paw 39 CHAPTER IV. At St. John’s Wood--Chevy Chase--Chief’s Return from Deer-stalking--Made Royal Academician (1830)--Lassie herding sheep 58 CHAPTER V. Suspense--Highland Shepherd Dog--Bolton Abbey--Drover’s departure--Shepherd’s Chief Mourner--Dignity and Impudence--Otters and Salmon--The Sanctuary 72 CHAPTER VI. Windsor Castle in the present time--Not caught yet--The Otter speared--Shoeing--The random shot--Dialogue at Waterloo--Landseer knighted 87 CHAPTER VII. Sir Edwin Landseer--The Monarch of the Glen--Midsummer Night’s Dream--Maid and Magpie--The Flood in the Highlands 94 CHAPTER VIII. Man proposes, God disposes--The Connoisseurs--The Swannery invaded--Closing Years--Death of Landseer 105 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. _From Etchings by Edwin Landseer and C. G. Lewis._ PAGE 1. DOGS WORRYING A FROG. Etched by Edwin Landseer (1822) xii 2. LOW LIFE. ” ” ” (1822) 7 3. A SHEPHERD’S DOG. ” ” ” (1824) 13 4. THE BEGGARS. ” ” ” (1824) 19 5. DONKEYS ON A COMMON. ” ” ” (1824) 25 6. FOUR IRISH GREYHOUNDS. ” ” ” (1825) _Front._ 7. EAGLE AND RED DEER. ” ” ” (1825) 31 8. THE RABBIT WARREN. ” ” ” (1826) 37 9. RETURN FROM DEER-STALKING. ” ” ” (1826) 43 THE MOTHERS. Drawn by Edwin Landseer in 1837. 10. HIGHLAND NURSE. Etched by C. G. Lewis “ (1847) 49 11. MARE AND FOAL. ” ” ” (1847) 55 12. DOG AND PUPS. ” ” ” (1847) 61 13. COW AND CALF. ” ” ” (1847) 69 14. DONKEY AND FOAL. ” ” ” (1847) 77 15. GOAT AND KIDS. ” ” ” (1847) 85 16. SOW AND PIGS. ” ” ” (1847) 93 17. SHEEP AND LAMBS. ” ” ” (1847) 101